The most beautiful natural sites to discover The Mississippi

The park gathers most places held by the forces of the Union at the time of the head office of Vicksburg (May 19th /25th - July 4th, 1863). About fifteen sites are to be visited. It also shelters USS Cairo Museum and National Vicksburg Cemetery. In Visitor Center, a 20 minute old film and exhibitions recall the battle of Vicksburg and the living conditions at the time. The visit of the park is done easily in autotour with its own vehicle, according to a tour whose plan is given to the entrance. From one site to another, the red markers announce the campsites held by Confederated and the bleus those held by the Union. Historic reconstitutions are usually programmed of the beginning of June to at the beginning of August. USS Cairo, exposed little before National Vicksburg Cemetery and the opposite end of the park, is a battleship with iron hull of the Navy Union commissioned at the time of the Civil War, in January 1962. Length 53 15 m meters from a bus stop and wide, it was composed of a crew of 251 sailors. It was named according to the town of Cairo in Illinois. On December 12th, 1862, this drain-hole was the first ship run by a marine mine on Yazoo River. USS Cairo was reinflated in 1964 and is registered with the National Register of Historic Places since 1971. A 6 minute old film recalls the reinflation of the ship and some rooms and saved objects of the ship are exposés.
Le Vicksburg National Cemetery accommodates the skins of 17,000 soldiers of the Union, including 13,000 unknown soldiers. It also shelters the remains of veterans of more recent wars. Most soldiers of the Confederation died during the head office of Vicksburg are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, apart from the park and north of the city.

It is in this beautiful natural space that held each year Mighty Mississippi Music Festival (www.mightymississippimusicfestival.com) takes place. The view of the Mississippi is beautiful, especially from the observation tower of free access. The park includes of picnic areas and a camping area.